The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-14

flowers "From X. Of i. Assembly No
No. 1907" could be Heen 100 feet away,
Thin is tho assembly 10 which Parsons be.
longed until ho was kicked out for the ad.
herence to the CAUSE OF socialism. On tho
coffin, instead OF a grea! sash OF red thrown
across 1t, there was simple utripe
trailed carelessly from the head Of the
casket to almost the centre and was then
strung along the floor OF the hearae until
1t wound itself into a little heap at the
foot. Then came along another cohort oil
central labor uaion butchers and bakers
and representatives Of all Horts OF trades
Behind thcae were drawn tho hearses ol
George Engsl and Louis Llngg. Over
both collins were the inevitable red ban.
ners. Several floral pieces were carried
by stalwart men. AL through this, which
may be called the frat part Of tho demon.
Btration, were interBpersed the carriages
containing relatives and near friends ol
tSzi THE DEAD. ANARCHlsrs. s,y6 {,
The next feature Of the procession was
the turnout Of people who followed after
the hearae. As they swung along into
Lake street not a word was uttered by
those In the ranks or those on the corners.
The respect shown by the police for those
IN the parade was remarkable. Only
night officers were stationed at this his
toric corner to keep the crowd back from
intruding. 1s5sss2 gll,,.
A most noticeable feature Of this part Of
the pageant was the showing made by the
two local assemblies Of Knights OF Labor,
composed wholly Of women. Each one OF
these. were ahame with red. Scarlet in
their hats, bows OF crimson at their throats
and long streamers of crimson from their
shoulders made the appearance OF the
workingwomen the object Of special COM
ment. The carriages reached the Wiscon.
ain Central depot possibly twenty minutes
ahead of the marchers Of the procession.
The coitins Of the four men were borne on
theshoulders Of the pail bearers through
side entrance to the depot and deposited
in a combination baggage and smoking
car to which was attached an engine ready
to start for Waldheim cemetery. I
In the first passenger coach on the frat
train were the mourners. In this were
Capt. Black, Nina Van zandt, Mrs. Spies,
August's mother, Gretchen, his sister, and
Ferdinand and Chris. the two brothers,
Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Engel and her chill
dren and Mrs. Fischer and her two babies.
No outsiderB were allowed to intrude on
the privacy OF the mourners. The next
coach was chartered by Aurora Turn
Verein. Init, by courtesy, neats were given
to Mrs. Capt. Black snd her adopted boy,
Mrs. Schwab and Mrs. Fielden, Mrs. Mary
Holmes, few other female friends and
the Associated Press representatives. The
rest Of the cars we're filed with miscel.
laneous throng who filed every seat and
go completely choked up the aisles that it
was impossible to move about. Three
other trains were made up, and yet all
who would like to have gone to the ceme.
terry could not be accommodated. In all
forty coach loads "A were Z. taken out.
All along the 1oute crowds assembled to
see the funeral train as 1t passed. There
were no incidents of special note and when
the train halted at the road leading to the
cemetery the passengers rushed out of the
cars and ran : poll nell to the burial
grounds. A band with crimson faced
uniforms led the way with the most
mournful dirge Of the day. High on the
shoulders Of their one-time associatea were
the black coflins Of the Anarchists, each
half hidden by ~
n DRAP1NG OF FLAMING RED.
When the flvo corpses were once inside
the cemetery bell was heard tolling, but
in quick, agitated manner that reminded
many Of the name Of Parsons fierce mouth
piece, the Anarchih Alarm. The relatives
Of the dead men were quickly gathered
beside Capt. Black Son the platform, but
in the gathering darkness the only feat
ures that could be diecerned were the
cleaning eyes Of Parsons wife, the pale,
agonized brow Of Nina Van Zandt and the
gross looking form Of Ida Fricdel, Louis
Lingg's girl. Without any preliminaries
Whatever Capt. Black began on the first Of
the funeral orations. It was couched in
elegant periods, but had no more effect on
his listeners than had the inscriptions on
grave stones scattered about. He said:
"What is truth ? Through eighteen centu.
ries and more, the answer Of that loyal,
that glorious ono OF Nazareth to that
question was in theae words, Il am truth
and no man knows truth until it has be.
come the inspiration of his life and he is
crowned in death. These men have
kept loyal 10 the convictions that
entered into their lives. n I J am
not here this afternoon to speak
to you any special words. concerning the
cause for which these men lived, nor con.
cerning the manner OF their taking of,
but to speak to you like friend to tell
you that that cause which commanded
their services was sealed at last by their
lives, with unstinted measure for the sake
Of those they loved. You know how
grandly they passed out Of this life into
perfect and N glorious life that Ia
beyond the reach OF misjudgment.
We are not here besides the caskets Of
ielons consigned to ignominious death.
Nor are we here beside the bodies OF those
who were sublime in their self sacrifice
and for whom the gibbet became the glo-
rious cross They have been painted aud
presented to the world as men loving vic.
lence and riot and bloodshed for It's own
sake. Nothing could bo further from the
truth. They were men who loved peace !;
whoae hearts were full of tenderness !;
who were loved by those who knew them !;
trusted by those who came to understand
the glory and power OF their lives. And
Of the Anarchy which they spoke aud
taught; what was 1t but an attempt to
answer the question After the revolution,
what p They believed that there was that
Of wrong and hardship in The existing
order which pointed 10 conflict because they
believed that sel6shnesa would not sur.
render peaceably and Of It's own motion to
righteousness And the whole Of their
thought, Of their philosophy as Anarch.
lists, was the establishment OF an order OF
society that should be symbolized in the
words, order without forcs.' !. Is 1t practi.
cal9%I know not. They thought it was.
| know that 1t 10 not practical now. But
know also as a philosopher and Chris
tian under the inspiration Of love, that a
day will come when righteousness shall
reign in the earth and when elm and ael6sh-
ness shall end. Sos li t33,i
4 Capt; Black ended his address by read.
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